House tenting, otherwise known as "structural fumigation," is a localized method of pest control that is commonly used when other forms of pest removal would be untenable. In some instances, tenting can be used in homes, businesses and other structures to remove beetles, bed bugs and termites....
Subsocial wood feeding cockroaches in the genusCryptocercus, the sister group of termites, retain their symbiotic gut flagellates during the host molting cycle, but in lower termites, closely related flagellates die prior to host ecdysis. Although the prevalent view is that termite flagellates die...
Adult wood borers layeggs in or on a suitable tree, and the eggs hatch into larvae that mine under the bark. Some species will tunnel into the wood of the tree. Once larvae have completed development, new adults will chew an exit hole through the bark and emerge. What insect kills maple...
Types of Chemicals Used in Fumigation Magnesium Phosphide. This dark gray solid is used in granule or powder form. ... Methyl Bromide. This is an effective fumigant that kills almost all pests. ... Sulfuryl Fluoride. This is applied as a pressurized liquid gas. ... ...
Pyrethrin.This is a chemical made from chrysanthemum flowers, available in stores. It kills bugs by acting on the nervous system. It can be messy to clean up dead bugs. Diatomaceous earth.This substance, made of fossilized and crushed algae, dehydrates insects until they die. Sprinkle it arou...
First, individuals rely on gut flagellates to metabolize and supplement their wood diet; and second, neonates in both taxa rely on their parents (in incipient colonies of termites) for vertical transfer of the symbionts. In termites alone, there is a third level of dependence: because the ...